LLY vs. JNJ, ABBV, MRK, PFE, BMY, ZTS, RPRX, JAZZ, CORT, and PRGO
Should you be buying Eli Lilly and Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eli Lilly and Company include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Pfizer (PFE), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Zoetis (ZTS), Royalty Pharma (RPRX), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), and Perrigo (PRGO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceuticals" industry.
Eli Lilly and Company vs.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
69.6% of Johnson & Johnson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Eli Lilly and Company shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Johnson & Johnson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Eli Lilly and Company shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Johnson & Johnson presently has a consensus target price of $170.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.12%. Eli Lilly and Company has a consensus target price of $1,007.94, suggesting a potential upside of 15.31%. Given Eli Lilly and Company's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eli Lilly and Company is more favorable than Johnson & Johnson.
Johnson & Johnson pays an annual dividend of $4.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Eli Lilly and Company pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Johnson & Johnson pays out 74.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eli Lilly and Company pays out 51.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Eli Lilly and Company has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Eli Lilly and Company received 95 more outperform votes than Johnson & Johnson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.67% of users gave Eli Lilly and Company an outperform vote while only 65.01% of users gave Johnson & Johnson an outperform vote.
Johnson & Johnson has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eli Lilly and Company has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Johnson & Johnson has higher revenue and earnings than Eli Lilly and Company. Johnson & Johnson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eli Lilly and Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Eli Lilly and Company had 15 more articles in the media than Johnson & Johnson. MarketBeat recorded 157 mentions for Eli Lilly and Company and 142 mentions for Johnson & Johnson. Johnson & Johnson's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Eli Lilly and Company's score of 1.33 indicating that Johnson & Johnson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Eli Lilly and Company has a net margin of 23.51% compared to Johnson & Johnson's net margin of 18.20%. Eli Lilly and Company's return on equity of 86.26% beat Johnson & Johnson's return on equity.
Summary
Eli Lilly and Company beats Johnson & Johnson on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LLY) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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